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Science and civilization

Title: Science and civilization / edited by Robert C. Stauffer.
Author: University of Wisconsin.
Publication: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1949.

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xiii, 212 pages; 22 cm

Subject

Science > Philosophy

Contents

Aristotle and the origins of science in the West, by R.P. McKeon.--Some unfamiliar aspects of medieval science, by L. Thorndike.--The definition of scientific method, by Mr. Black.--The meaning of reduction in the natural sciences, by E. Nagel.--Physics as a cultural force, by P.E. Le Corbeiller.--Science as a social influence, by F. Daniels.--Metaphors of human biology, by O. Temkin.--Science and society, by W.F. Ogburn.

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49050144

OCLC

ocm01868096

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Columbia University Libraries